Liquid crystal display device, instrument panel, automotive vehicle, and liquid crystal display method
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1. A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal drive device for operating liquid crystal according to an input video signal inputted in the liquid crystal display device, comprising:
- a gray scale conversion means, which, if the input video signal conveying a gray scale value belonging to a low gray scale region, converts the gray scale value of the input video signal to a gray scale value belonging to a high gray scale region, and outputs the video signal having the converted gray scale value to the liquid crystal drive device,where the low gray scale region is one of two regions into which a range of possible gray scale values are divided and to which gray scale values that cause the liquid crystal display device to display at low luminance are belonged, and the high gray scale region is the other one of the two regions to which gray scale values that cause the display device to display at high luminance are belonged.
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the present invention, a liquid crystal display device is provided with a gray scale conversion section which converts a gray scale conveyed by an input video signal into a gray scale value of a high gray scale region, and then outputs it to the liquid crystal drive device if the gray scale value of the input video signal is of a low gray scale region.
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1. A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal drive device for operating liquid crystal according to an input video signal inputted in the liquid crystal display device, comprising:
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a gray scale conversion means, which, if the input video signal conveying a gray scale value belonging to a low gray scale region, converts the gray scale value of the input video signal to a gray scale value belonging to a high gray scale region, and outputs the video signal having the converted gray scale value to the liquid crystal drive device, where the low gray scale region is one of two regions into which a range of possible gray scale values are divided and to which gray scale values that cause the liquid crystal display device to display at low luminance are belonged, and the high gray scale region is the other one of the two regions to which gray scale values that cause the display device to display at high luminance are belonged. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16)
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14. A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal drive device for operating liquid crystal according to an input video signal inputted in the liquid crystal display device, comprising:
a gray scale conversion means for decreasing a ratio of a maximum gray scale value to a minimum gray scale value displayable on the liquid crystal display device.
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17. A means for operating liquid crystal of a liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal drive device for operating the liquid crystal according to an input video signal inputted in the liquid crystal display device, the means comprising the steps of:
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converting a gray scale value conveyed by the input video signal into a value of a high gray scale region when the gray scale value conveyed by the input video signal is of a low gray scale region; and if the input video signal conveying a gray scale value belonging to the low gray scale region, converting the gray scale value of the input video signal to the gray scale value belonging to the high gray scale region, where the low gray scale region is one of two regions into which a range of possible gray scale values are divided and to which gray scale values that cause the liquid crystal display device to display at low luminance are belonged, and the high gray scale region is the other one of the two regions to which gray scale values that cause the display device to display at high luminance are belonged; and outputting the video signal conveying the converted gray scale value to the liquid crystal driving device.
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